Friday night’s motorcycle-pickup truck collision in the 4400 block of Lebanon Pike near the Wal-Mart store has claimed the life of the motorcyclist.
The preliminary investigation shows that a Toyota Tundra pickup truck had just pulled out of the Wal-Mart parking lot to turn left (east) on Lebanon Pike when a westbound Suzuki motorcycle collided with the driver’s side rear of the vehicle. The 47-year-old motorcyclist, Jeremy Whitaker, of Mt. Juliet, was transported to Skyline Medical Center where he died. The driver and passenger in the pickup truck were not injured.
The contributing factor to the crash appears to be speeding on the part of the motorcycle.